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Faculty Bios

Faculty Biographies

Ashkan Abbey, MD, FASRS, FAAO

Margaret Chang, MD, MS

Stephanie Collins, MBA

Sharam Danesh, MD

Kurt Defenbaugh, MBA

Ankit Desai, MD

Kevin Dement

Roberto Diaz

Jack Flanagan, MBA, CPA

Alyssa Garcia

Tiffany Harrison, CPA

Vivienne Hau, MD, PhD

Aamer Hayat

Scott Heintzeman, MBA

Cameron Javid, MD, MBA, FACS

J. Michael Jumper, MD, FASRS

Brandon Johnson, MD

Michael Lai, MD, PhD

Linda Lam, MD, MBA

Robert Lea, MBA

Deborah Leemaster

Mike Lyons, MHRIR

Kim Maccarone

Shelly McClellan

Christine McCutcheon

Claire Murphy, OSC, OCS, OCSR

Joel Pearlman, MD, PhD

Gretchen Poffenberger, MBA

Tushar Ranchod, MD

Alison Ratliff, MBA

Gayatri Reilly, MD

Michael Romano, MHA

Ankoor Shah, MD, FASRS

Veeral Sheth, MD, MBA, FASRS, FACS

Adiel Smith, MD, FASRS

Jayanth Sridhar, MD

Heather Thomas

John Thompson, MD, FASRS

Scott Walter, MD, MSc

Keith Warren, MD

Mike White, CPA

Joy Woodke, COE, OSC, OSCR

Kristin Yockus, BA, MPH

Sarwar Zahid, MD

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